Arizona’s Mike Adams debuted his tribute to Tom McEwen’s Coors Corvette Funny Car at the 50th March Meet running a 6.910

John Powers III is shaking out his new Powers Steel-sponsored Camaro funny car.  The flopper carries the driver’s name Denny Savage on the roof, Savage drove the original Powers Steel car to a late 70’s victory over Johnny Loper in the March Meet final.  Powers sits 25th of the 26 nitro funny cars in Friday’s qualifying, with two Saturday sessions planned.

Steve Nichols and his “Mill Road Boys” flopper netted the #10 qualifying slot in Friday’s first nitro funny car session.  With the current configuration, March Meet funny cars are separated into an 8-car “A-field” and “B-Field”, Nichols would sit second in the “B-Field” after his 6.342 ET pass.

Drag Racing Online’s Nostalgia Editor Jeff Utterback drove the “Pisano & Matsubara” ‘74 Vega nitro funny car to a career best 6.008 ET at 234.55 MPH and sits #2 behind Bucky Austin. 

Now keeping it in the family, Danny Pisano’s sleek flopper sports the new JP III “Crow” engine block instead of the Arias block used for much of last year.  The “Crow” designation is another tribute to drag racing engine pioneer and Danny’s late uncle Joe Pisano.

Adam Sorokin, in Brian Van Dyke’s RB Entertainment AA/FD, sits on the bump spot for the tough Top Fuel field after Friday’s first qualifying session.

Bill Dunlap sits in the 10th slot driving Brendan Murray’s AA/FD after one round of qualifying on Friday.

The following six photos show off the diversity of the popular Hot Rod Class… Chevy’s, Mopars and this classic ‘64 FORD Fairlane.

Lots of the Tri-five Chevy’s and this nice supercharged ‘57 in the Hot Rod Class.

A two-door ‘55 Chevy 210 station wagon.

A Dodge Charger in the Hot Rod Class

Another Nova in the Hot Rod class.

Sean Renteria’s AA/Gas Supercharged ‘65 Plymouth Valiant from Hollister CA is off the pace, outside of the Quick-8 field.

As in many of the past fifty years, there are plenty of straight axle Gassers at Famoso Raceway.

Nostalgia Eliminator 2 racer Robert Nathanson’s ‘23 T-Ford from Riverside, CA.

Here’s Richard Wilson’s cool C/Gasser 1935 Chrysler Airflow from Azusa CA.